361, Lot: 34. Estimate $150. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, County of Tripoli. Bohémond IV of Antioch to Bohémond VII. 1187-1287. AV Bezant (21mm, 3.37 g, 2h). Imitating a dinar of the Ayyubid caliph al-Mustansir. Tripolis mint. Third phase, after 1187-1260 or later. Kalima in four lines, ali above; mint formula and AH date in outer margin; • T • above ali; + below / Name and titles of al-Mustansir in three lines, ma’ad above; "Second Symbol" (Quran 9: 33) in outer margin; • B • above ma’ad. Balog & Yvon 14; Metcalf, Crusades, 489; CCS 6. VF, areas of toning, peripheral weak strike.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 2048 (second coin; further pedigree erroneous).